and sandy. it is clearr that the department of the homeland security is not doing its job . benghazi and the military is not leaning forward . that the tone of the administration. >> steve: what do you make of the fact that the with main stream media pushing the story, the president didn't know about the petraeus thing until after the election . we had ronald kessler who said the white house knew. >> it is the first time i understood that this had been going on for months. i mean, again, you have a whole new series of hearingings, how could the f.b.i. pick up something like this in the spring and take month to figure it out? >> brian: eric hooleder knew. and you have suspend disbelief. >> let me ask you in th minutia for a moment. petraeus came out stunningly to many after the benghazi attack and said it was the anti-muslim video. and many people were scratching their heads. >> i am told he did not say that. i was told by people in the room, he's the one guy who said it was terrorism. >> brian: he explained to people and left scratching their head. >> gretchen: i am wondering if he c